This collection contains photographs from the Harlem Branch (135th Street) of the YMCA. Organized in 1901 by Reverend C. T. Walker of the Mount Olive Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street B...
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This manuscript documents the appointment of Michael L. Courtney to Lt. Colonel of the U.S. Colored Troops, and is signed by C.W. Foster, Assistant Secretary of War. The manuscript sheds light on the role of White leadership over African American troops during the American Civil War.
Created:
1864-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Secretary Paul Tsao is writing a letter for a soldier. Both men are seated at a table, while four others watch the proceedings. The soldiers are dressed in uniforms, and Secretary Tsao is wearing a garment with a YMCA logo on the left sleeve.
Created:
1923?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Rabbi Silber, presiding at the head of the table, led Congregation Kenesseth Israel during its early years. Silber's family surrounds him, with the Silber son and daughters seated on the right. Passover Seders begin with a retelling of the story of the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage. It includes foods symbolic of the year...
Created:
1915
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
